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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1926
Page
8
Weather outlook and community notices list partial Thursday through Friday conditions for Mopilana with mentions of local businesses and services. The column notes roof repairs painting and tin work by Langs Tin Shop and other ads for beauty services, dining, and personal announcements along with brief local news items from St Johns hospital and area courts.
The Montana extension service and state publicity division report continued good growing conditions for the week ending June 26. Precipitation ranges from light showers to near two inches in places, with total two-week totals in some counties exceeding 5 inches. Livestock and ranges improve, water is returning to creeks and reservoirs, alfalfa and haying begin, winter wheat may become harvestable, and labor supplies meet demand across counties.
L. R. Jones of Great Falls fined 25 dollars and costs for unlawful selling of game fish after a Cascade county complaint. W. P. Meddlar of Greybull Wyoming fined 25 dollars for fishing without a license after a Gallatin county complaint. Mason ic Notice: Morning Star Lodge No. 6 holds special communication at 2 pm to pay tribute to late Brother Gyrus S. Nichas of Kalispell No. 42. all in good standing urged to attend. Louis I. Kuntz W M Jas J. Hindson Secre.
Clyde L. Burgess filed nominating papers at the county clerk’s office to seek the Democratic nomination for sheriff in the August primaries. A 43 year old Helena resident since 1908, Burgess has served on the city police force since 1916 and has no prior public office bids.
The Woolf Pipe Line company contemplates laying a six inch oil pipeline from its station in section 31 township 5 north to the city of Shelby. State land office official I M Brandford notes the route lies near the center of Kevin Sunburst fields, an area of heavy production.
Montana railroad commission adopts a resolution exempting the movement of wheat and other grains during and after harvest from licensing requirements from July 15 1926 to November 30 1926. The measure cites expected crop abundance and high demand for grain transport to shipping points, aligning with Chapter 154 cession laws. Also notes a warning to Dr Todd, an American physician, to leave Kungyee hospital per Chinese authorities.
Lincoln residents plan a big Fourth of July celebration with a barbecue at Little Blackfoot Hill, rope roping, dancing, and fishing. A children’s games program and dancing to Beaudry Brothers’ orchestra are set for Sunday, Monday and the holiday. Helena will close for the day as cabiners and campers crowd Lincoln.
The case of Ida Aho of Turula Finland reveals a failure to record births delaying a passport. Born April 16 1899 in Rutle she was not registered at birth and later adopted by Henry and Sofia Aho. Attempts to locate her birth parents and the Finnish priest who Baptised her have failed.
Montana's supreme court affirmed the judgment in favor of the War Finance corporation over property tied to Oscar Erlandson in Hill county. Notes secured by mortgages shifted between First State bank Kremlin and Sinclair company, later claimed by War Finance and receiver Edminster after banks entered receiverships. A separate Ogden death was linked to heat as Howard B. Stone, a high school student, entered a hot water pond and perished.
Hadleigh Marsh of the livestock sanitary board reports vaccination of 183 dogs here since a city ordinance requiring rabies treatment before a license. The program aims to curb rabies and ensure licensed dogs meet health standards.
Announcement by Managing Director R E Towle states IL Ledummerman appointed cashier of the Helena branch of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank. He succeeds H F Brown who recently resigned to join a Lake Worth Florida bank. Zimmerman had been transferred from Minneapolis to Helena years ago and the former assistant Federal Reserve agent position was abolished without affecting branch facilities.
Joffray of Clance has filed for the Democratic nomination for state senator from Jefferson County. The move positions Joffray as a candidate seeking seats in the upper state body under the party banner.
J W Bennett a large landowner in Daniels and Valley counties and North Country Townsite manager visits town for a few days reporting five to six inches of June rainfall in the big wheat belt and excellent crop conditions. He notes the Great Northern railroad progress with steel laid between Feetlesa and Opheim and says new towns flourish on the extension. He predicts a healthy forward movement for the country and towns as crops prosper. Hundreds of tractors and horses are breaking and summer fallowing ground for a record crop next year.
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